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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 26-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Whitman say that one should hold up sternly in order for it to send something back?
(a) Parchment.
(b) Hand mirror.
(c) Boat.
(d) Feather.

2. Whitman believes that all heroic deeds were conceived in __________, as are all free poems.
(a) The open air.
(b) The soul.
(c) Church.
(d) God's hand.

3. When the child went forth, what happened to him every day? He became the ____________ he looked at.
(a) First tear.
(b) First animal.
(c) First thought.
(d) First object.

4. Whitman says he will make a true ________ which will earn for the body and mind whatever sticks and does not droop in death.
(a) Belief.
(b) Book.
(c) Poem.
(d) Song.

5. Whitman addresses other countries who are striving to prove the puzzle of America, the athletic ______________.
(a) Ambition.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Constitution.
(d) Grasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ sprouts push through the snow, helping to reveal the coming of Spring and of the month of March.

2. The ___________ cheerfully braves the winter, says Whitman when he addresses this group, the snow and ice welcoming him.

3. To what state does Whitman promise to know very well after traveling to it?

4. What are NOT one of the images of people who sleep well, which Whitman includes in his poems for comparison?

5. The combination of justice and God, according to Whitman, can be blended together to make an immortal ___________.

(see the answer key)

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